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Husband allegedly shoots, kills wife in Council Bluffs

Council Bluffs police believe a man who held police at bay for nearly two hours Tuesday shot a woman before attempting to shoot himself.

Updated: 6:06 PM CDT Oct 15, 2013

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Husband allegedly shoots, kills wife in Council Bluffs

Council Bluffs police believe a man who held police at bay for nearly two hours Tuesday shot a woman before attempting to shoot himself.

Updated: 6:06 PM CDT Oct 15, 2013

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Husband allegedly shoots, kills wife in Council Bluffs

Council Bluffs police believe a man who held police at bay for nearly two hours Tuesday shot a woman before attempting to shoot himself.

Updated: 6:06 PM CDT Oct 15, 2013

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WEBVTT WATCH AS SWAT TEAM MEMBERS BREAK A WINDOW AT THIS COUNCIL BLUFFS HOME. BUT AS THEY GET A BETTER GLIMPSE INSIDE THE HOUSE... THEY SEE THE SUSPECT THEY WERE TRYING TO TALK TO COLLAPSED ON THE FLOOR ...AFTER SHOOTING HIMSELF. ( it's crazy. It's just crazy ) ( never. I would have never thought this would happen.) JUST TWO HOURS EARLIER -- POLICE SAY THAT MAN SHOT HIS WIFE IN THE BACK...KILLING HER. FIRST AT FIVE...THE COUPLE'S TEENAGE SON TELLS US WHAT HE HEARD THIS MORNING. GOOD EVENING. I'M ADRIAN WHITSETT. AND I'M MELISSA FRY. IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS... RECORDS SHOW 9-1-1 RECEIVED SEVEN DIFFERENT CALLS TO THAT HOME NEAR 34TH STREET AND AVENUE B IN COUNCIL BLUFFS. AND JUST LAST MONTH... POLICE ARRESTED DARWIN COX FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE. THE VICTIM... HIS NOW DEAD WIFE... MILLISA. K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S HANNAH PICKETT JUST TALKED WITH THEIR CHILDREN.. THE COUPLE'S CHILDREN SAID IT WASN'T UNCOMMON FOR THE COUPLE TO FIGHT.. BUT NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD ESCALATE LIKE THIS... THEIR TEENAGE SON WAS UPSTAIRS SLEEPING-- WHEN HE WOKE UP TO THE SOUND OF GUNSHOTS THIS MORNING. THERE ARE SOME THINGS NO CHILD SHOULD EVER SEE. THIS SCENE NEAR 35TH AND AVENUE B IN COUNCIL BLUFFS IS ONE OF THEM. POLICE SAY 55-YEAR OLD DARWIN COX SHOT HIS WIFE, MILLISA IN THE BACK. THE COUPLE'S 16 YEAR OLD SON WAS UPSTAIRS.(MORGAN COX " I was up in the bedroom sleeping and I heard my mom and dad yelling, I heard something about a gun and then I heard a boom boom. ran downstairs--my dad has a hole in his chin and my mom is running outside, and I ran out to see where she went, couldn't find her, and then I seen her laying by the tree") A NEIGHBOR SAW MILLISA OUTSIDE AND CALLED 9-1-1.. MEDICS PERFORMED C-P-R ON HER BUT SHE DIED BY THE TIME THEY GOT TO THE HOSPITAL.(MORGAN COX " they fought but not this bad") POLICE SAY DARWIN, THE ALLEGED GUNMAN, REFUSED TO COME OUT OF THE HOUSE. EVEN OPENING AND CLOSING THE FRONT WINDOWS... WHILE THE SWAT TEAM WATCHED. NEGOTIATORS TRIED TO COMMUNICATE WITH HIM-- EVEN BREAKING A WINDOW TO THROW A PHONE IN THE HOUSE-- THAT'S WHEN THEY REALIZED...HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS... AND BROKE THE DOOR DOWN. MEDICS RUSHED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A SELF INFLICTED SUPERFICIAL GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE CHIN. AS FOR THE COUPLE'S SON... HE'S IN SHOCK.(MORGAN COX "hard ") MILLISA'S DAUGHTER, JUDY SAYS SHE'S STILL NUMB... AND DOESN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS COULD GET THIS OUT OF CONTROL. (JUDY CHRISTENSEN "-it should never go this far. This was uncalled for") DARWIN COX IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. OFFICIALS SAY MURDER CHARGES ARE PENDING. THE COUPLE'S SON, MORGAN, IS STAYING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS. HANNAH PICKETT REPORTING LIVE.... IN COUNCIL BLUFFS